Knife and scissors sharpener



(No Model.) 0' L. L. EMERY.

Knifeand Scissors Sharpener. No. 241,850, Pate'nted May 24,1881.

UNITED STAT S PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES L. L. EMERY, OF BIDDEFORD, MAINE.

KNIFE AND SCISSORS SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of'Letters Patent No. 241,850, dated May 24,1881. Application filed January 27, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. L.EMERY, of Biddeford, in the county ofYork, State of Maine, have invented a certain new and-useful Improvementin Knife and ScIssors Sharpeners, of which the folloning is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any oneskilled in the art or science to which my invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a top View;Fig. 2, a bottom view; Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinal section and Fig.4 a "ertical transverse section.

Like letters indicate corresponding parts in the different figures ofthe drawings.

My invention relates to that class of knife and scissors sharpenerswhich are designed principally for domestic use; and it consists in anovel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed, by which a simpler, cheaper, and moreefi'ective device of this character is produced than is now ordinarilyemploy ed.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the sharpener; B, the tile,and G the fastener.

The body A is provided with a transverse V-shape d notch, at, near itscenter, and with the inclined lip or flange 2 at one end, its under sidebeing grooved or channeled longitudinally to receive the file B, asshown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4.

The file is pointed or has one of its ends sharpened to form abutton-hole cutter or stitchripper, as seen at m, its opposite end beingsquare, as shown at a.

The body or shank of the fastener O is cylindrical, and provided with aneccentric or cam, d, so that when the fastener is turned the cam isbrought into contact with the side of the file, thus securing itfirmlyin any desired position in the body A.

In the use of my improvement as a knife or scissors sharpener, thesquare end a of the file is arranged to project as seen in Fig. 1, theknife or blade of the scissors to be sharpened being inserted in thespace I), and while held in close contact with the face of the flange zpressed down upon and drawn across the file B in a manner which will bereadily understood by all conversant with such matters without a moreexplicit description.

When the implement is used as a button hole cutter or for rippingstitches the blade or point m is arranged to project beyond the body A,as seen in Fi 2, the end V of the body acting as a guard to determinethe size of the button-hole to be cut, and also the depth to which thepoint may be inserted in the seam in cutting or ripping stitches, itbeing obvious that thc button-hole will be large or small, according tothe distance the point projects.

it will be seen that by turning the fastener C, so as to remove the camd from contact with the file B, the file may be readily removed from thebody A, after which the fastener may also be removed by simplylit'tingitoutot' the notch or, in which it is journaled, the implement consistingof but three pieces, and being exceedingly simple and easilyconstructed.

Having thus explained my invention, what I claim is The improved knifeand scissors sharpener described, the same consisting of the body A,provided with the notch x and flange z, the fastener 0, provided withthe cam d, and the file B, constructed and arranged to operatesubstantially as set forth and specified.

CHARLES L. L. EMERY.

Witnesses:

O'rIs T. GAREY, EDWARD Lows.

